UEFA Champions League first qualifying round draw

The 2024/25 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round draw was held at 14:00 CET on Tuesday 18 June at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. The two-legged ties will take place on 9/10 and 16/17 July 2024.

2024/25 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round draw

ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) vs FC Struga (MKD)
The New Saints FC (WAL) vs FK Dečić (MNE)
FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH) vs KF Egnatia (ALB)
Hamrun Spartans FC (MLT) vs Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB)
FC Ballkani (KOS) vs UE Santa Coloma (AND)

FC Flora Tallinn (EST) vs NK Celje (SVN)
KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) vs FC Differdange 03 (LUX)
FK Panevėžys (LTU) vs HJK Helsinki (FIN)*
FC RFS (LVA) vs Larne FC (NIR)*
Vikingur Reykjavík (ISL) vs Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)

Virtus A.C. 1964 (SMR) vs Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU)
PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL) vs FC Dinamo Batumi (GEO)
FC Ordabasy (KAZ) vs FC Petrocub (MDA)
FC Dinamo Minsk (BLR) vs FC Pyunik (ARM)

Seeded teams in bold.

Match dates and kick-off times will be announced by 21 June 2024 (first and second legs).

*Following an additional draw required for rebalancing purposes it was determined that the losing team from these two ties will enter the third qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League rather than the second qualifying round.

DRAW PROCEDURE

Based on Articles 14 of the UEFA Champions League Regulations (UCL Regulations) the following draw procedure was adopted by the Club Competitions Committee.

Match system

The qualifying phase and play-offs follow the knockout system, whereby each team plays each opponent twice, in home and away matches.

Draw system and conditions

A draw between the same number of seeded and unseeded clubs determines the ties for the qualifying phase and play-offs. Clubs are seeded for these draws in accordance with the club coefficient rankings established at the beginning of the season (see Annex D) and with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. If, for any reason, any of the participants in the round in question are not known at the time of the draw, the coefficient of the club with the higher coefficient of the two clubs involved in an undecided tie is used for the purposes of the draw.

The UEFA administration may form groups for the draw in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.

A draw is conducted to determine the ties of each match and which team plays the first leg match at home.

In accordance with the relevant decisions of the UEFA Executive Committee, teams from the following associations may not be drawn against each other:

Armenia – Azerbaijan
Gibraltar – Spain
Kosovo – Bosnia-Herzegovina
Kosovo – Serbia
Kosovo – Russia*
Ukraine – Russia*
Ukraine – Belarus

* All teams from Russia are suspended until further notice by the decision of the Executive Committee of 28 February 2022, and as confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 15 July 2022.

Draw system

The 28 teams were divided into two groups of ten teams (groups 1 to 2) and one group of eight teams (group 3).

Within each of the three groups, the teams were divided into an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams

Groupings

Group 1

Seeded
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB)
The New Saints FC (WAL)
FC Ballkani (KOS)
FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH)

Unseeded
Hamrun Spartans FC (MLT)
FC Struga (MKD)
FK Dečić (MNE)
KF Egnatia (ALB)
UE Santa Coloma (AND)

Group 2

Seeded
HJK Helsinki (FIN)
FC Flora Tallinn (EST)
KÍ Klaksvík (FRO)
Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)
FC RFS (LVA)

Unseeded
NK Celje (SVN)
Larne FC (NIR)
FK Panevėžys (LTU)
Vikingur Reykjavík (ISL)
FC Differdange 03 (LUX)

Group 3

Seeded
PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL)
Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU)
FC Pyunik (ARM)
FC Petrocub (MDA)

Unseeded
FC Dinamo Batumi (GEO)
FC Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
FC Ordabasy (KAZ)
Virtus A.C. 1964 (SMR)

Draw procedure

Three bowls were prepared for the draw, with the balls containing the names of the seeded and unseeded teams from Group 1 placed in the corresponding marked bowls.

One ball was then taken from each of these bowls and placed in the third empty central bowl, where they were shuffled. The first team then drawn from this bowl was considered the home team for the first leg of the first tie, which they will play against the second team drawn.

The process was then repeated with the remaining balls to complete all the ties for the first group. The same procedure was then carried out to determine the ties for the second and the third groups.

Calendar elaboration (Article 24 UCL regulations)

The stadiums, dates (in accordance with the calendar in Annex C) and kick-off times for all qualifying matches are fixed by the home clubs in consultation with their respective associations and must be confirmed to the UEFA administration by the deadline set by the UEFA administration. The UEFA administration may alter or confirm dates and kick-off times in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.

If two or more clubs from the same city, within a radius of 50km of each other and/or playing in the same stadium, take part in any of the UEFA club competitions, and if the association and the clubs concerned explicitly declare when entering the clubs that their matches cannot be played on the same day or on consecutive days, the UEFA administration may alter or confirm dates and kick-off times in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee.

The UEFA administration decides on match dates and fixture reversals on a case-by-case basis and in accordance with the applicable principles set by the Club Competitions Committee. In any case, the UEFA administration reserves the right to impose a match date if the circumstances so require.

Any changes of date and fixture reversals will be communicated in writing to the clubs and their respective associations by 20:00 CET on 18 June 2024.